Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-05-25

assaulted by Gottlieb Waschk while
crossing the land ofthe latter. Waschk threw
g heavy sharp pointed file atGooding, which
enIered MS back below the shoulder blade
Gueelag an-ugly wound and piercing the
dition and Waschl1 is In Jail in default q
$I,5Oo bonds TheEcause OF the assault wa.
IhaL Goddlng was driving over Waschk'!
land where he was breaking. IS
Ihecorner stone Of St. Marks Epis
copal church was laid at Aberdeen, Oak
q" the 10Th. After the ecclesiastical cere
monies, conducted by Bishop Hare, were
ended the corner stone was laid by Crane
Master Blatt with masonic rites. Addresse.
clergy and congregation Of st. Marks; Si
knlght Rev. s.. g. Palmer, representing the
Masonic fraternity, and Col, VIC. Plum
mer, representing the citizens Of Aberdeen
w. 81. Holbrook, residing with his
son in North Des Moines, Iowa, killed him
sell Monday morning by cutting his throat
with a razor. For the past five years he had
been an invalid and was closely watched
blythe household, but not being observed he
went TO the garrett where he cut O. long cash
on the left side Of his neck, severing the
juglar vein. -
Chairman Cooley, of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, in a letter to Gen.
eral Traffic Manager Hanley Of the Mime.
lon that the Commission has no power to
permanently suspend any provision of the
law. and that he regards Sec. 4, the vital
section Of the enactment. T
Col. Collville, the war shattered Min
nesota veteran, has been appointed Register
nf tho In-I a. - 1N-1-A, ~. - =
Secretary Lamar. Commissioner Sparks
and Congressman Mcdonald were a unit in
thus hlllng the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation OF Register Marble. 20
G. W. Griggs, A. G.. Foster, C. M
Griggs, Frank Blakeslee and f.. B. Clarke,
OF st. Paul, Mimi, have Incorporated the
Montana u Coeur d'Alene R. R., CAPITAL
= ,O00,OOo, to build a railroad from
Iho,npson's Falls, Montana, to Occur
d'Alene lake.
AT Fargo, on Monday, G. W. Ellis, a
Northern Pacific engineer, became violent
~ insane tried to place his wife on a red
hot stove and committed other violence.
MI. ELLIS was discharged from the James
town asylum only a short time since. A
case in hand. ~
Quite extensive forest fires are re-
ported from the Vermillion country, Mimi,
east OF Tower, destroying camps, settlers
residences and much timber. On the 2lsss,
1t was'said the fires were unchecked. Ex-
plorers II surveyors in that region have
had narrow escapes for their lives.
A woman afflicted with leprosy has
been discovered in Freeborn county, Mime.
sofa. She is the mother of eight children
and is at the present time ~enciente. It is
stated that her fingers and toes are gone
and thatnumbness pervades her extremities.
At Fargo, Oak, on the 10th, Susie
Wagner, an employe of the Troy. laundry
was caught in the machinery Of the laundry
and her arm was severed at the elbow,
She was removed to the county hospital.
m hopes OF her recovery are but slight.
j. A. Presley, Jr., the new manager
OF the Mankato gas works died on the 18th,
from inhaling gas on the 18th, while en-
gagged in making repairs at the works
where the former manager lost his life, a
few weeks before.
At the instance of Congressman Nc
Donald, Pension Commissioner Black has
appointed the following medical examining
board FOR pensioners at Minneapolis, A.
a. Ames, J. H. Dunn, Democrats and
Frank Burton. "A
FOREST fres are reported in various
parts of Wisconsin, particularly on the
south fork of the Eau Claire river, and ON
the east fork of the Black river. The dam
age to the forests, lumber camps, &C., has
been very great.
Frost was reported from many
points in Minnesota and Dakota on the
18th. A st. Vincent dispatch says: "A
sewers frost Tuesday night cut down the
wheat. The fields this morning smell like
new mown hay"
Considerable excitement prevails at
Minot, Oak, on account of the discovery
| of an extensive mica bed within seven
miles of Minot. T. H. Hanrevole, tho dis
| coverer, claims that the mine comprises
several acres.
The Stacy Saw Mill, store, one
dwelling, a large quantity of lumber, tel
| egraph poles, etc., were destroyed by fire
| at Birmingham, Wis, on the 14th. Loss
$4,000, with only $1,000 insurance.
Twenty-Five business houses, loca-
ted in a group on Fourth street, Cannon
Falls, Mimi, were lately destroyed by fire
dnring the night Of the sOth-e1st. The loss
on buildings and contents is $3.50, 00O.
w. P. Clough, for many years attor-
ney in chief Of the N. P. r. R., at St Paul
has resigned to accept a position in the ad,
m%inistrative department. of the Manitoba
r. H., July 1st.
Edward johnson, employed IN q saw.
mill at C%ollingwood, Mimi, fell upon a cir
cular saw and was instantly cut in two, being
thrown upon the saw by tue displacement Of
q slab. f. ~ ms g
May II, Norwegian Independence
day, was appropriately celebrated at many
places in Minnesota, Dakota and Wisconsin
with parades, speeches and banquets.
Sanders Olson, held at Highmore,
Oak, for wife poisoning, committed suicide
In Jail on the 18th, by hanging himself will
q towel. a. ~ - s,.&
AT Collingwood lake, Mimi, Ed
ward johnson, working in a saw mill, wa
L = ~ - 0n<L.T = $1,000 ~ 49,